linux-kernel - Re: is RSDL an "unfair" scheduler too?

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Date:	Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:37:37 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...o.co.il>
To:	Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@...el.hist.no>
CC:	davids@...master.com,
	"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: is RSDL an "unfair" scheduler too?

Helge Hafting wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>>
>> A fairly contrived example, but I see your point.  Of course any 
>> system can be broken.  I think that user-level scheduling is good for 
>> real multi user systems, where 'user' means a person, not an 
>> artificial entity.  It's also good for a multi application server, 
>> where typically each service runs (or can be made to run) as a 
>> separate user.
> For a not so contrived example, look at email delivery.  Some 
> mailservers do
> all work as root (or some fixed email user)
>
> Some servers will switch to the UID of the user receiving the message, 
> limiting the
> damage in case of buffer overflow etc. A fair amount of work is then done
> as that user - running the message through virus/spam-checks and
> then perhaps procmail.
>

Actually that makes some sense with user level scheduling - delivering 
email is charged to the recipient instead of to the system.  But I agree 
it's a surprising side effect and if this is ever implemented it should 
be optional.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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